Gas Station Night Ban Implemented Across Somerset County
Somerset distributors report telegraph orders to close all service stations from 7 p m to 7 a m starting Sunday August 3 under Harold Ickes national defense plan to cut motor oil and gasoline use by one third. Trucks and safety vehicles exempt. plan pending for public health cars and truck fuel relief.
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Somerset
Harold Ickes
National Oil Coordinator
National Oil Company
Harold Wright
Icke
Ickes
Somerset County
Braddock to Get $32 Million Pig Iron Plant
Jesse James, loan administrator, announced Carnegie-Illinois Steel will build a $32,000,000 pig iron producing plant with equipment at Braddock, Pennsylvania, under a new contract.
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Braddock
Washington
Jesse James
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Somerset American Lets Subscription Rates Rise in 1941 Plan
Adjusted rates due to higher press service costs and war related ad declines. Effective September 1 1941 carrier daily one year six dollars six months three dollars. three months one dollar fifty cents. monthly and weekly rates listed. Mail within Somerset county five dollars yearly, outside same as in Somerset. Two year prepaid options eight to ten dollars. Twice-a-Week American unchanged.
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Press Association
National Defense Organization
Somerset American
Carier
Somerset County
Somerset
Jones Wagner Get Promotions at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Two Somerset men receive executive promotions from the Pennsylvania turnpike commission. Walter B. Jones moves from senior superintendent of the Allegheny Mountain tunnel to an engineering department role in the turnpike office at Everett Bedford county. Wadsworth Wagner, tunnel inspector at the Allegheny tunnel, becomes senior superintendent of the Allegheny tunnel. Both appointments were made recently.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpr Commission
Walter B. Jones
Somerset Electrician
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel
Turnpike
Everett
Bedford County
Wadsworth Wagner
West Union Street
Allegheny Tunnel
Jones
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Robt Gauntz Arrested in Meyersdale Strike Riot
Information filed against Robt Gauntz shop foreman at Meyersdale shirt factory cites assault and battery from Monday’s strike riot. He posted 500 collateral after a warrant issued by Squire Ickes, waived preliminary hearing, and faces next court term.
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Robert Gauntz
Meyersdale
Gaunt
Gauntz
Nannie Hare
Justice of the Peace
C. S. Ickes
Boswell
Justices of the Peace
Somerset
Ickes
Squire Ickes
Howard Baldwin
Hare
Miss Reich
Mary Louise Eck
Ac.w.a
CIO
Miss Eck
Miners Return To Jerome Mine After Amicable Settlement
About 600 miners at Hillman Coal and Coke Corporation at Jerome will resume work this morning after a two day strike. The stoppage ended pending a meeting between United Mine Workers locals and company officials next Monday to discuss grievances over a new rule requiring workers to buy their own bug dust scrapers for cleaning slack in mined cuts.
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Hillman Coal and Coke Corporation
Jerome
United Mine Works
Planes Lock Three Killed in Midair Collision
MONTEREY Calif Aug 1 Three air corps men were killed when two observation planes locked wings in midair. One plane crashed on the beach and the other into the Pacific about 200 yards offshore. The injured flier Second Lieut Burt F Meyer Rawlins Wyo had a broken leg after opening his parachute and landing on the sand. The dead were Second Lieut John C Rounfarille 21 Alto Texas Private Earl E Potter 20 Westville Oklo and Private Marcus W Owen Los Angeles. The aircraft were attached to the 82d observation squadron at Salinas and were flying low at the time of the crash.
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Monterey
Calif
Air Corps
John C. Rounfarille
Alto
Texas
Earl E. Potter
Westville
Oklo
Marcus W. Owen
Los Angeles
Burt F. Meyer
Rawlins
Wyo
Pacific
Salinas
Meyer
Ellwood City WPA worker found hanging near Medard farm
The body of 47 year old Paul Milchak of Ellwood City was found suspended from a tree by three berry-picking boys near Medard farm on the Wurtemburg Slippery Rock road. Coroner T F Nugent ruled suicide. Milchak had been missing since July 23 after bidding his wife farewell. NBC signs with ASCAP. contract approved returning ASCAP music to NBC networks.
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Ellwood City
Paul Milchak
Medard
Wurtemburg
Slippery Rock
T. F. Nugent
Lawrence County
Nugent
Milchak
WPA
Fails To Take On Fiat Assi Amid Labor Standoff
In Fayette county a CIO led strike fails to halt operations as Tri-State Lumbermen and Truckers Association push to resume deliveries. Governor James pledges highway access while state police monitor pickets and threats. About 3,000 of 5,000 workers signed with Lumbermen and Truckers. CIO internal splits emerge over continuing the strike.
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CIO
Tri-State
James
Lumbermen’s On Truckers’ Association
Fayette County
Tri-State Lumbermen’s
An Truckers’ Association
Markleysburg
United Mine Workers
Delav
Tri-State Lumbermen’s and Truckers’ Association
Miners’ Union
Tony Friend
Uniontown
Alex Z. Goldstein
Aving
Joseph Yablonski
Meyer
Waynesburg
Frock
Harrisburg
Lumbermen’s and Trucker’s Association
Lumbermen’s and Truckers’ Association
Goldstein
National Fabor Relations Board
Washington
Somerset Borough Weed Ordinance Reminder After August First
Notice declares after August 1 1941 it is unlawful to let weeds remain uncut on land in Somerset Borough. Penalty of five dollars per day applies for each day uncut under Ordinance 568. Enforcement will be strict and citizens cooperation is requested.
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Somerset
Wild dash of loaded coal car shocks South Fork crowd
Aug 1. A loaded coal car raced eight miles from Beaverdale to the South Fork yards at about 90 mph. It jumped a switch set to stop it, crossed the Sidman crossing, and crashed into a locomotive. Firemen and the engineer escaped injury.
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South Fork
Beaverdale
Sidman
Vesper Melodies Program at Memorial Shrine
Regular Vesper Melodies program to be heard Sunday at 8 30 p m from the Memorial Shrine. Music by the Sacred Aires Quartette with guest tenor Raymond O Cook of Somerset churches. Dr I Hess Wagner of the Old Trinity Lutheran will deliver the vesper message.
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Memorial Shrine
Sacred Aires Quartette
Raymond O’cook
First Christian
United Brethren Churches of
Somerset
I. Hess Wagner
Old Trinity” Lutheran Church of
Exhaustion Symptoms In Hitler Drive
London observers now sense exhaustion in Hitler's blitzkrieg as six weeks of fighting in Russia draw toward a potential lull. British and Washington circles olive pessimism gives way to cautious optimism of a possible winter stalemate, while reports of German overextension and fronts in Russia hint at diminishing momentum and heavy prisoner counts south of Smolensk.
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Kirke L. Simpson
London
Russia
Hitler
Berlin
Moscow
Washington
Leningrad
Smolensk
Mogilev
Dnieper
Orsha
Red
Mogilev-Orsha-Smolensk
Roosevelt lauds Russia in press conference remarks
President Roosevelt praised Russia's resistance as magnificent, expressing belief that it surprised the Germans and threw them off their stride. He authorized the use of direct quotations to emphasize his remarks during the press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Red Army drives gaps in German front near Smolensk
Russian dispatches report the Red Army exploiting German disarray in a 2000 mile front with flanking attacks, notably along the Smolensk corridor. The 99th Division is credited with breaking three German divisions as heavy fighting rages toward Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev regions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Porkhov-Nevel
Zhitomir
Leningrad
Kiev
Order of the Red Banner
Red Air Force
Porkhov
Novorzhev
Baltic
Luftwaffe
Ukraine
High Command
Japs Demand Bases and Goods from Thailand in Meantime
London reports Japan insists Thailand grant military bases and control of rubber, rice, and tin in exchange for Laos and Angkor. Britain readies Asiatic defenses from Singapore to Burma as Amery pushes India toward unity for postwar defense and possible dominion status.
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London
Japan
Far East
Thailand
Britain
Laos
Angkor
Thaiand
Indo-China
Tokio
United States
Domei
East Asia
Singapore
Burma
Air Ministry
RAF
India
L. S. Amery
Harriman Reports on War Lend Lease Operations
W Averell Harriman reported to President Roosevelt on lend lease operations observed during three months in England and six weeks in the Middle East. He described the program's progress and challenges as World War II efforts continued.
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Harriman
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
England
Middle East
Peru claims Ecuador opened fire despite border truce
A Peruvian communique from Lima reports that Ecuadorian troops fired on Peruvian forces last night on the northern border, despite a truce that took effect at 6 p.m. yesterday. The claim cites the border region and notes the incident occurred after the truce began.
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Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Geary Reunion Planned at Wesley Geary Farm
The Geary clan to gather for a basket picnic on Saturday August 16 at the Wesley Geary farm near Champion.
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Geary
Geary Clan
Wesley Geary
Champion
Britain And Finland End Diplomacy Ties
Britain and Finland formally severed diplomatic relations with the British minister in Helsinki ordered to depart and the Finnish minister calling at the foreign office to announce the break. Foreign Secretary Eden instructed Gordon Vereker to return home as Finnish actions align with Germany in the war.
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London
Britain
Finland
Helsinki
G. A. Gripenberg
Ofice
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Gordon Vereker
Germany
Russia
Petsamo
Infantry Replaces Panthers in Smolensk Push
German infantry divisions have been brought up to the Smolensk front to support the advance toward Moscow. Reports say tens of thousands of Russians were annihilated in battles south of Smolensk, with 35,000 prisoners and 249 cannons captured. German losses were not disclosed while air raids on Moscow continued and two munitions trains and 40 tanks were destroyed on the eastern front.
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Berlin
Smolensk
Russia
Moscow
DNB
High Command
East Front
Leningrad
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Dniester
Red
Roosevelt imposes embargo on aviation fuel to Japan
President Roosevelt orders comprehensive export controls halting aviation gasoline and related fuels to Japan and limiting other petroleum shipments to usual prewar levels. The move follows Japan’s advances in Indo China, with Russia later seeking U.S. aviation fuel aid and drum shipments being prioritized.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Indo-China
United States
Nippon
Movimar
British Empire
State Department
White House
Interior
Ickes
Defence Petroleum Coordinator
Russia
Pacific
US. S.R
Japan Vows To Get Oil and Rubber in Far East
Tokio reports the Japanese foreign office mouthpiece expresses Japan's determination to secure oil rubber and tin in the south Orient despite a de facto embargo by the United States and Britain. The Times and Advertiser calls the embargo an artificial exclusion that hastens self sufficiency in the western Pacific.
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TOKIO
Japanese Foreign Office
Japan
South Orient
Malaya
United States
Britain
the Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Western Pacific
U S Trinidad Base Opened
The U S naval and air base at Chaguaramas bay in Trinidad opened today with the order Set the Watch by Captain Arthur Radford. British governor Sir Hubert Young and naval and military officials attended the ceremony.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
U. S
Chaguaramas Bay
Arthur Radford
Sir Hubert Young
Somerset Weather Report Summary for Thursday to Friday
Daily weather note by David Grove records high 83 and low 45 in Somerset. Observations show maximum 83 degrees and minimum 45 with 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. period.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Iran
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and Maryland
Eastern Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania: fair and not quite so warm Saturday and Sunday with somewhat cooler Saturday night. Maryland: fair with somewhat less humidity and not quite so warm Saturday and Sunday. West Virginia: some cloudiness and moderately warm Saturday and Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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